H92
H92 — Otalgia and effusion of ear
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H92 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for otalgia and effusion of ear. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with H92
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H92. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H92 alone.
- R52Pain, unspecified
Risk adjustment
H92 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H92
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about H92
- Is H92 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H92 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H92 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Other disorders of ear (H90-H94).